Cache National Forest Inspection, July 16-29, 1910

Cache - Inspection,
Fenn , H. E.,
July 16 - 29 . July 30, 1910.
District Forester ,
Ogden, Utah.
Dear Sir:
In accordance with your instructiona , I made
an inspection of the Cache National Forest during the
period pecified. My work involved a complete inspec-­'
tion of the office records , which required a period of
three days. From July 19 to July 28 , inclusive , as thor-
ough a field inspection was made as time would permit .
Sunervi or ~mith ~oc o mp'tnied me throw~hout my trip over
the orest, ~nd we visited e~oh Ranger District .
I ~ very gl'i.d indeed to report that 1 found
the bu.,iness on the Ca.che ... ·orest in 'Jplendid shape . '!'he
office records are the best maintained t h~t it h'i.s been
my pleasure to inspeot since being conneoted with the
District Office. I found th t the Special Use records
were a little out of date . but all matters were pr operly
adjusted by Supervisor Smith before leaving the offioe for
the field inspeotion.
/"
" Ar'
L. 1 . - - Ogden.
The ranee throughout the ,b'oreet wile 1n better
oondition than 1 hsd antioipated. It is only natural to ex­peot
this seaso n, owing to the lons period of drought. that
ranges whioh 1n ordinary years would be properly stocked, to
show some eVidence of hsrd use th1s year. 1 ith the exception
of Di.trict 10. 8 , however, the range tllotted to both cattle
~nd sheep will eu~port the number ot tock permitted. In tact,
both ~hee~ ~nd c~ttle will be ~b le to rem,in on the Forest
th1s y~~r t~rougho ut the regul~ grazing period. While the
stock w1 11 not le~v"! the Porest in '\~ good flesh as uou'l.l,
o,ine to t he dry wellther , whioh 11'1.'3 somewh"l.t 'lffeoted the feed,
th y should be in marketable condition.
I found the syste t, of 1ndi viduI!I.l ranee allotments
,orking splendidly. Individunl allotment boundaries are well
~sted with bound~y notioes, and the 9tockmen generally Ihow
a oommend~ble tendenoy toward reepecting the allotment linel.
This is largely due to the aotivity of the Ranger force . They
have mingled freely with the atookmen and impres8ed upon them
not only the neoe8sity of obeerving the Regul~tions, but also
of oarefully hUBb~nding the forage orop this yeST, in order
th~t tho stook will not h~ve to 10 ve the Forest bofore the
clo~e of the grQ1.ing period. The o ~tt le r'nge show8 the effect
of he~vy ~t o ck 1n6 ~erhqpe more th~n the sheep r~nge, but there
I'll no d"nger of in.lur;l ro ulting from the nre"enoe of the num­ber
of c~ttle Ilnd horees permitted this yeqr .
While the e.rea8 allotted to shoep I~rszing will
8upport the number of stock now ~llotted th1s 8e'\lon, it is ~
D. 1i' . -- Ogd An.
my opinion thllt this i6 the perm'l.Ilcnt grnzinc; cnp'lcity of
tile l"oreet. prob'l.bly tae c;rell.ter proportion of sheep r'l.nge
1$ burned over timber lunde , whioh 9.I'e reetooking with '3.
he'lvy st'Uld of lodgepole pine. It will only be 'l. v'Jry few
YC'lrs until the denBe stand of younG tiI!lber will r;r9.du'~lly
oro ~d out the ~r'J,!l'les 'l!ld fOT'lrO pl'lnt5, o:md n. reduction in
the n~~her of ~h~e~ will h~ve to be ro~de ~roportion'l.tc to
now bein~ u~~rl for p~'l.~in~ ~urno~o~ re~tock vith timber, in
my judg1"''lnt the onon p:r'l.z1ng l'l.ndq \7h1ch re~'l.ln will not eup-
~ort in ex e~~ of 50 , 000 ~'!'l.d of ~heep. The numbe~ of c~tt le
will ,190 h'lve to be reduoed for tho a me re~BO~.
'rhe gr'\~.inll of both ohoc1? 'l.nd cattl"" ,,-pn'lrently
1s not ret'lrding tne r e"roduc tion of lodgepole pine, 'l1thougb
it may '\ffeot the reproduction of other apecico. The G~che
Foreet haa great potential timber possibilities . and they
should be given first consideration in the manll/Icment of the
1.
ForestK 1f it is found as time progresses that the grazing
of liveetock: int erferes wi th tne extenaion or tho cro'7th of
treee , grazing enould give way to the production of timber ,
since I believe that without dOtlbt the gre test uee to wh10h
th", l'l.'1rl<\ .uj.thin thn C'l.che n,t1on'l.1 Forest C'l.n be put ie to
gro~in~ trqes. Thi~ does not mo n thc totl,\l exolusion of live-
"tocle , but 1 t dOOR l'!'e'll"l th,t silvic'\l cond! tlOl'lf) '\n(1. rtlQuirc-mente
'3houlrt b~ ~.i ven first oon!!iderlltion on this ioreet , and
gr,,.1ng con'lidered ~~ ... ~emnor'l.r~ u e .
cl
D. F •. - Ogcien.
District 1;0. 8 , which includes i.iherm'ln Lount 9.in,
.30d'l ~ount'l i n . 'l.nu the -;':ieht ii1e oountry. OhOWB pl'linly
the effeot of P'10t misuse. Vn.lua.b1e for!lgll pl=ta h'lvC been
repl'\oed to a. gre'lt extent by noxious weede, rmd '\lthough
t hie portion of the l/orcl3t haB been uno.or tld'Jliniatration for
four YO'J.rs , v9.1u!1ble (S'r'lI)O 0 ,\1d other fOt"lGO -pl'l.nta !lIe
g'l1n1n~ he~dwa~ v~ry elo~ly . In my opinion, 'I. hr~du~l re-duction
sl1ou1c\ be m c\e in !)1~triot No . 8 until !t !'Iuffioient
r'lduoti"n i" TII",dl'! to Tl'!rmit of '1. rct.'\tion '3:'{'Jte"TI of h ~nd]ing
i
the 1''\n.'':o. '"'hi .. ..,\11 YIl'l'l.n "., n1Jot"lont for ,'tch outfit l ,uge
c>nour:h to 'I.1J.0 ... 't]t :rn'lt.!! U99 of th~ r'lnge froll! y."u· to year .
,!'hj,9 ia tl1l'! only m'1 n'l hy ~h1ch"llth() r'1.ng .)"In b'l b"'o~ht
b"ck to wh'\t it .,hon)d be.
! Jl'lVO t lkeci the 6i tuntion ever fully Tii th
Sunervi or dmith, 'lnd he concurs in my opinion ~d will work
to th~t end. He b 1ievee th'lt deeired results c'l.h be I\ccom-pliehed
by c eli1t1ng all reductions on RCOOunt of tl·'I.llefer'l ,
as well ns forfe .. ted p crmi te by rel100n 0 f nOIl-uOJe or other-wiee
, to Ili strict Ho. a. In this way 9. slidinu SOllIe reducti on
on the tot'll nUIO'bcr of sheep gr'lzed on ill\! .\Iorest mllY be avo1ded.
'rhe preeenoe of l<l.rge '1rel16 of tlt'lte l'lnds llIi thin
th .. t !lortien of the Foreet loc'lted in the State of Utah h'l.s
cnnoed mol''! or leos emb'lrr'l'lsment to the l?oreet 'ldmin 1 .. tration
!'I inc e i t!3 ore'ltion. 'i'h,)1'e i'l one blocl{ of ',';" to ] n'1l: on tTt'!
he d of J.ogq,n TUv~T' of 'lYlproxi:n'ltely 20,000 'lcres. In addi-tion,
there 'U'C '1.1r. dy four Cection'l of school l'lnd 1n each
,
D. :F . -- Ogden.
To~n~1p. ~ During the existenoe of the cooper~tive agreement
between the Forest Servioe ~nd the Utah St~te Lund Bo~d the
Gtq,te l q.nds were handled by the ,i<'orest Uervica , 9.nd Q suffi_
cient number of regul~ ~orest Service permittees were nasigned
to the State to t&ke up ita quota . Upon the cancellation of
the agreement thele permittees were of neceos1ty reinet9.ted
and g1 ven p erml t allotments on 119.tlon'.ll .Forest l ande . '.i'hls
neoess1tated a reduot10n this year of 8. 000 head of eheep.
During the season of 1910 the Stato I.and l:)o'll'd
d1sposed of the gr~zing priv11ege on the State land under an
'lore'lge oampaU t1 ve eyotem. The stocmen too,k 'ldvant'lge of
the Gt.te 'lnd only le~eed sm~ll soattered traots and took in
lqrge number of stock to gr'lze upon them. As a consequence
the ~t~te 1 nde, and especi~lly the 20 , 000 aore unit, have
been ~cverely ov ergrazed t his year, to ~n extent th~t h~6 le~
the people who ~re dependent upon the use of Lognn ,Ri ver for
1rrig~tion purposeo to believe that the overgrazing of this
area is largely responsible for the diminution of the stre~
flow thi year. 'any we.ter users h!lve oom];llained to the lo c&l
officere regarding the use of the Gt'£te lands, but of couree
no relief oan be granted by the 40reet Dervioe, The people
have now under oonsideration the preparation of !l. request in
the form of a petition to the State Legislatur~ , asking that
the Forest Servioe be allowed to regulate gr~z1ng on thie area,
Since the m'ltter is a live issue ~mong the people living in
the vioinity of the Caohe Forest , it will no doubt be brought
to the 'l.ttention of both this office 'lnd the Ut~te I.end BO'l.rd
D. • -- Ogden .
:lot 9. l 'llter d a te.
I took oee 'Jion to invite l~r . \,,'illi 'l.ID 'rh'l.in of
Lop'ln. f1 T'lICl1bl!'r of the UtVl 13t"lte J,'l.nd Bo~..rd . to q,ecompg,ny me
durinr: ~ brief in"nection of (lx1 ~ting conn! tiona on the Sta.te
l 'tncll'. The invit.'l.tioTl "'fl.'! r;l'1dly '.ccepted . ·,nd on July 23 we
1001r"d ov" r t,> ~ nru"o'li tio"1 c'lrefu] ly. Mr. '.'h'lin m'l.o.e no com-mont
on t't'l ("ondition ::'n , nia.1 !.o t'"ound the :..ltato l'mtIs . but I
'lm convinc "d th'lt l'.e wi} 1 . r;rce >Ii th Joe should the gr'lzing of
the number of i'ltock now on tho .;tr,te la.nd!; be contin'.led,very
serious injury "'ill result to tttc Log:>.n ~dver watershed .
!.ll':i Thq,in is 0: t 'le opillion that th~ Ut!l.t.e is no t
in '.I. poai tion to pro,crly n~6\ll:J. te tn., gr'l.zing . J,nd will. f'J.vol'
else ','edel'al le~i<;lnt1on. 11hic'\ wi11 p ' LJi t tIle ;..t'l.te to make
'!elections of' public l'lnd in lieu of the st'ite lands Idtllin the
exterior bound'\ri es of the li<\tion ... l :ii'orests in Utqh. He rather
f'l.vors the l~te;;tonor cont.rol of cr'l.z1nr; on the l)~.rt.icul:1r
'\re'\ of St",te 1"'n0, in Quostion i'3 very import'l.1lt !UI 'l. me'3.f:urc
of w'\ter'J')od protection. 'l.'he T.ogttn TUv!'r flo"a; the I n rgcst
volu","! of '",,,tor of 'I.11Y etrc':I.m in the St to 0 f Vt'lh, ?nd there
'l.ro none more v'llu'tolc for irrig1.tion. In response to '\ popu-lar
dem'1.nd by the people of J'l.ohc l:ounty . tile iorest tiervice
h'\s civen 1\ " r er.t de"l of ~ttention to the LOBOln Hiver f{1).tershed.
Stock h'l.ve been el'lcluded . an efficient fire p'ltrol m1.int.'l.ined
on the headwl\tcrs of thi'l stre'llll • • md everythlng th'lt is pos-sibTh
h'l.o been done by the Uervice to me.intq,in a nornJ~l flow.
- 6-
D. F. - - Og den.
It 113 to be regretted thnt misuse of the Utate
l'nds will be al10",ed to offset the good work the Service hilI!!
done , qnd I most urgently recommend th'lt, if Q~ee ble to the
nt .. te 1. nd BO'lrd, some I\('reemcnt '\:·e ent red into lookinr: to 'l.
.. ore ff1cient control of" th1" q.ro'l. I do not wiah to be
und.ratood 1\9 r commen~1~e , cooner~tive 'lffreement between
the ',t'l.te of tlt'\h 'lnd tho Ji'oroat Service for the control of
'1.11 Gt"1.te 1ll1lde ',vi thin the .I"tion'l.l lorest, but only to cover
this p rticul'lr cnse.
Oener&lly speaking, l have no reoommendations to
offer for the improvement of the methods of m~ag1ng the Braz­ing
bueiness on the l,)e.che ]i'orest . 1 found the Hegul'1.tiono bCill8
enforced satisfactorily in every way . The ~angcrs t~e the keen-est
interest in their work , and the well b'1.l~nced personnel hae
resulted in a uniformly high st'lndard of efficiency throughout.
Supervi'lor Smith is to be commended for the splendid work he
has done since "13 uming ch'l%'re of the C .. che N'!.tion!l.l l<'orest .
Very truly yours .

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Cache - Inspection,
Fenn , H. E.,
July 16 - 29 . July 30, 1910.
District Forester ,
Ogden, Utah.
Dear Sir:
In accordance with your instructiona , I made
an inspection of the Cache National Forest during the
period pecified. My work involved a complete inspec-­'
tion of the office records , which required a period of
three days. From July 19 to July 28 , inclusive , as thor-
ough a field inspection was made as time would permit .
Sunervi or ~mith ~oc o mp'tnied me throw~hout my trip over
the orest, ~nd we visited e~oh Ranger District .
I ~ very gl'i.d indeed to report that 1 found
the bu.,iness on the Ca.che ... ·orest in 'Jplendid shape . '!'he
office records are the best maintained t h~t it h'i.s been
my pleasure to inspeot since being conneoted with the
District Office. I found th t the Special Use records
were a little out of date . but all matters were pr operly
adjusted by Supervisor Smith before leaving the offioe for
the field inspeotion.
/"
" Ar'
L. 1 . - - Ogden.
The ranee throughout the ,b'oreet wile 1n better
oondition than 1 hsd antioipated. It is only natural to ex­peot
this seaso n, owing to the lons period of drought. that
ranges whioh 1n ordinary years would be properly stocked, to
show some eVidence of hsrd use th1s year. 1 ith the exception
of Di.trict 10. 8 , however, the range tllotted to both cattle
~nd sheep will eu~port the number ot tock permitted. In tact,
both ~hee~ ~nd c~ttle will be ~b le to rem,in on the Forest
th1s y~~r t~rougho ut the regul~ grazing period. While the
stock w1 11 not le~v"! the Porest in '\~ good flesh as uou'l.l,
o,ine to t he dry wellther , whioh 11'1.'3 somewh"l.t 'lffeoted the feed,
th y should be in marketable condition.
I found the syste t, of 1ndi viduI!I.l ranee allotments
,orking splendidly. Individunl allotment boundaries are well
~sted with bound~y notioes, and the 9tockmen generally Ihow
a oommend~ble tendenoy toward reepecting the allotment linel.
This is largely due to the aotivity of the Ranger force . They
have mingled freely with the atookmen and impres8ed upon them
not only the neoe8sity of obeerving the Regul~tions, but also
of oarefully hUBb~nding the forage orop this yeST, in order
th~t tho stook will not h~ve to 10 ve the Forest bofore the
clo~e of the grQ1.ing period. The o ~tt le r'nge show8 the effect
of he~vy ~t o ck 1n6 ~erhqpe more th~n the sheep r~nge, but there
I'll no d"nger of in.lur;l ro ulting from the nre"enoe of the num­ber
of c~ttle Ilnd horees permitted this yeqr .
While the e.rea8 allotted to shoep I~rszing will
8upport the number of stock now ~llotted th1s 8e'\lon, it is ~
D. 1i' . -- Ogd An.
my opinion thllt this i6 the perm'l.Ilcnt grnzinc; cnp'lcity of
tile l"oreet. prob'l.bly tae c;rell.ter proportion of sheep r'l.nge
1$ burned over timber lunde , whioh 9.I'e reetooking with '3.
he'lvy st'Uld of lodgepole pine. It will only be 'l. v'Jry few
YC'lrs until the denBe stand of younG tiI!lber will r;r9.du'~lly
oro ~d out the ~r'J,!l'les 'l!ld fOT'lrO pl'lnt5, o:md n. reduction in
the n~~her of ~h~e~ will h~ve to be ro~de ~roportion'l.tc to
now bein~ u~~rl for p~'l.~in~ ~urno~o~ re~tock vith timber, in
my judg1"''lnt the onon p:r'l.z1ng l'l.ndq \7h1ch re~'l.ln will not eup-
~ort in ex e~~ of 50 , 000 ~'!'l.d of ~heep. The numbe~ of c~tt le
will ,190 h'lve to be reduoed for tho a me re~BO~.
'rhe gr'\~.inll of both ohoc1? 'l.nd cattl"" ,,-pn'lrently
1s not ret'lrding tne r e"roduc tion of lodgepole pine, 'l1thougb
it may '\ffeot the reproduction of other apecico. The G~che
Foreet haa great potential timber possibilities . and they
should be given first consideration in the manll/Icment of the
1.
ForestK 1f it is found as time progresses that the grazing
of liveetock: int erferes wi th tne extenaion or tho cro'7th of
treee , grazing enould give way to the production of timber ,
since I believe that without dOtlbt the gre test uee to wh10h
th", l'l.'1rlnour:h to 'I.1J.0 ... 't]t :rn'lt.!! U99 of th~ r'lnge froll! y."u· to year .
,!'hj,9 ia tl1l'! only m'1 n'l hy ~h1ch"llth() r'1.ng .)"In b'l b"'o~ht
b"ck to wh'\t it .,hon)d be.
! Jl'lVO t lkeci the 6i tuntion ever fully Tii th
Sunervi or dmith, 'lnd he concurs in my opinion ~d will work
to th~t end. He b 1ievee th'lt deeired results c'l.h be I\ccom-pliehed
by c eli1t1ng all reductions on RCOOunt of tl·'I.llefer'l ,
as well ns forfe .. ted p crmi te by rel100n 0 f nOIl-uOJe or other-wiee
, to Ili strict Ho. a. In this way 9. slidinu SOllIe reducti on
on the tot'll nUIO'bcr of sheep gr'lzed on ill\! .\Iorest mllY be avo1ded.
'rhe preeenoe of l ~ nru"o'li tio"1 c'lrefu] ly. Mr. '.'h'lin m'l.o.e no com-mont
on t't'l ("ondition ::'n , nia.1 !.o t'"ound the :..ltato l'mtIs . but I
'lm convinc "d th'lt l'.e wi} 1 . r;rce >Ii th Joe should the gr'lzing of
the number of i'ltock now on tho .;tr,te la.nd!; be contin'.led,very
serious injury "'ill result to tttc Log:>.n ~dver watershed .
!.ll':i Thq,in is 0: t 'le opillion that th~ Ut!l.t.e is no t
in '.I. poai tion to pro,crly n~6\ll:J. te tn., gr'l.zing . J,nd will. f'J.vol'
else ','edel'al le~i